Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10582, John Thorn Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dodge John Thorn.
S 10582
CONTENTS
barded

Massachusetts 27089
John T. Dodge
of Essex Co in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Dodge of the Nig t commanded by Col Putnam in the Mass
time for 12 Months private
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 40 - Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Jan y 1834 and sent to Benja n Merrill Esq r Salem Mass
arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 - $ 100 semi-ant. allowance ending Mar: 34 - 20
$ 120
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, book 6, Vol. 2 Page 18
Index

J. B. Dodge Esq.
29.172 John S. Dodge Esq
Please send reply to Benj. Merrill Salem Mass.
Ad. B. Merrill Esq Dutton
Benj n Merrill Esq + Salem Mass Index

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this twentieth day of June A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE  John M. Williams Judge of the Court of Probate  Common Pleas for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, John T. Dodge Esq. , a resident of Wenham , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: about the last of April 1775 at said Wenham he as a volunteer enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Rich d Dodge's Company in Col Gookin's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops and marched to Cambridge and there served Eight months till Jan y 1. 1776 when he was honorably discharged at Cambridge:
That again at said Wenham on 1 st Sept r 1781 he enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Rich d  Dodge's Company in Col Enoch Putnam's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops and marched to Westpoint and there served Four months till the end of the year when he was honorably discharged at Westpoint:
He never had any written discharge nor record of his birth.
He was born in 1764 at Wenham & has lived there all his lifetime.
He is known to Moses Foster Esq. and Rev. Eben t T. Sherry both his neighbors.
He cannot state the exact days & times of his enlistments nor the exact length of time he served more particularly than he has above set forth, as he is old & his memory fails.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
John T. Dodge
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John M. Williams JUDGE OF PROBATE. C.C.P.
We, Rev. Ebenezer D. Sherry a clergyman, residing in Wenham aforesaid, and Col Paul Porter Esquire, a magistrate  respectable citizen residing in Wenham aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John T. Dodge Esq who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ebenezer D. Sherry
Paul Porter
Subscribed and sworn to before
Mrs. Foster Just Pease

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Rev Ebe P. Shear who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Wenham and that the said Col. Paul Porter who has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at Wenham and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John M. Williams Judge of Court of Common Pleas
John Prince Jr Clerk of the Judicial Courts for I, NATHANIEL LORD JUNIOR, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John T. Dodge for a pension, and that William Ferson is a Notary Public for said County and the signature on Supkins Deposition is the signature of said Ferson , and said Foster is a Justice of Peace duly qualified and his signature is genuine IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of December of January A. D. 1833
John Prince Jr

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
M.E.C.
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
S. 10582
Washington, D. C.,
May 11, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- John F. Dodge --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Richard Dodge Gerrish Mass.   Sept. 1771 4 mos. Pvt. Richard Dodge Enoch Putnam Mass.  
Battles engaged in,
None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wenham, Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 20, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Wenham, Mass.
Age at date of application, Born at Wenham, Mass., in 1764.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
J. J. Folson, Esq., Long Prairie, Minn. C/o A. S. Strauss.
Commissioner.

A. S. STRAUSS,
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings.
Long Prairie, Minn., April 24th 1895 189
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
Will you kindly send me a synopsis of the war history of my great-grandfather, John Thorne Dodge, of Wenham, Essex County, Mass., as contained in his application for pension for wounds received during the Revolutionary War, and oblige.
Respectfully yours,
J. J. Folsom,
Per J.
"Dictated"

May 11/52 H. S. W. J. Wilson, Day Prairie, Minn., M. E. C.
Rev. W. J.
10582
INVALID.
File No. 10,582
John P. Dudge
Rev. Pres. Ch.
Act: June 9 th 1852.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Moses Lufkin of Gloucester in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 74 years, on oath testify, that I am well acquainted with John Thorne Dodge of Wenham in s d County of Essex, an applicant for a Pension under the Act of 7 June, 1832; that to my knowledge he served as a Waiter to his father, Capt d Richard Dodge who commanded a Company of Massachusetts State troops in Col d Gerrish's Regiment, which company was stationed at Chelsea and served eight months from last of April or 1 st May 1775 to the last of Dec r 1775 or 1 st January, 1776; having served eight months as above in s d Richard Dodge's company as Drummer I was then well acquainted with s d John Thorne Dodge, who is now present, and the identical person who served as above Moses Lufkin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex, Js.
On this twenty fifth day of August, 1832, before me William Ferson, Notary Public by legal authority admitted and sworn & dwelling in said County, personally came the above named Moses Lufkin, and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing statement; and I certify that said Lufkin is well known to me as a credible person and his statement entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Notarial Seal the day & year aforesaid
William Ferson, Noty Public

I John Dodge of New Boston in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire of 71 years of age depose & say that I enlisted in Capt Richard Dodge's Company of Infantry in Weyham in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts on the first of September 1781. I marched to West Point in the State of New York & was there stationed under the command of Gen. M c Douglass, Col. Enoch Putman & then served under said officers as a private untill untill about the 25 th of December in said year at which time we were discharged by said officers. I further say that John T. Dodge Esquire of Weyham in said County & State of Massachusetts, an Applicant for a Pension for Revolutionary services, enlisted as a private in the same Company & at the same time & with went on to West Point together & served there the whole term above stated under the aforesaid officers  were dismissed at the same time & we returned home together. I have been personally acquainted with the said John T. Dodge from childhood & he has allways sustained a good moral character distinguished for truth & veracity. At the time that I enlisted as aforesaid I was living in the town of Hamilton in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
John Dodge
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss June 12 th . 1833. Then the above named John Dodge personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true, & I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent & that he is considered a man of truth & veracity, & that he would be admitted as such in a Court of law.
Joseph Cochran Jurat Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Joseph Cochran Junior before mentioned is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this thirteenth day of June Anno Domini, 1833-
A. Wallace Clerk